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Posted by Bosconian on 03/02/06 05:45
"dottty" <dottty@noemailpls.met> wrote in message
news:4406695a$0$15795$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> Hi,
> i have a table that has the following fields:
> id, name, dept, pay
> 1, John, Sales, 4000
> 2, Peter, HR, 5000
> etc.
>
> How do i count how many people there are in each dept with an sql query?
>
> I find this surprisingly difficult, given the fact that i can sum the
total
> pay for each dept by using:
> $query="
> Select sum(if (dept='HR', pay, 0)) as hrpay, ......
> ";
>
> TIA
>
>
>
SELECT Count(dept) AS deptcount
FROM [table]
GROUP BY id
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